Teardown Shows Apple iPad Mini Costs at Least $188 to Build — Apple's latest addition to the iPad family of tablets, the iPad mini, hit store shelves yesterday. Among the many standing in lines around the world to buy the devices were people who took them home to drop them and dunk them in water.

Dotcom pledges to resurrect international cable project — Kim Dotcom has announced his intention to invest in a second internet cable connecting New Zealand to the world. Dotcom told Computerworld that the move isn't out of charity towards New Zealanders who are currently reliant …